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FLUID DISGHARGING APPARATUS. No. 351,455. Patented Oct. 26,1886.

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WILLIAM T. MESSINGER, or CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

FLUID-DISCHARGING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,455, dated October 26, 1886.

7 Application filed October 12, 1885. Serial No. 179,625. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM T. MEssINGER, of Cambridge, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improveparatus contains a valve-chamber having aninlet and outlet opening, the latter being formed in the valve-seat, and the said chamber contains a valve movable toward and from the said seat to control the dischargeof fluid from the valve-chamber. The valvemay be constructed and operated on the same principle as that forming the subject of another application, Serial N 0. 179,623, filed October 12, 1885; and the present invention consists,mainly, in novel features of construction of the apparatus hereinafter pointed out. The apparatus is provided with an auxiliary chamber beyond theoutlet-opening of the-,valve-chamber, which auxiliary chamber contains a valveactuating device, and is provided with a delivery-passage, through which the fluid when permitted to pass from the valve-ch amber into the auxiliary chamber escapes.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a fl'uiddischarging apparatus or faucet embodying-this invention Fig. 2, a transverse section thereof on line a: 00, showing the valve as seated or closed ,Fig. 3, a Sectional detail showing the valve in side, elevation and in the position with relation to its seat which'it occupies when open or permitting the fluid to escape, and Fig. 4 a detail to be referred to.

The valve chamber a is connected at its lower end by a coupling-nut, b, with a piece or fitting, 0, adapted to be connected withthe pipe or source of supply of the fluid, the flow of which is to be controlled by the faucet, the said fitting a being shown as of proper con- Struction to rest upon or to be connected with the marble slab or other finish of the stand or frame-work of a set-basin.

a valve consisting of a flexible diaphragm, (1, 6c

confined at its edges in a ring, (1, bya nut, d the said ring being provided with guide-arms (1 which guide it in its longitudinal movement in the valve chamber, there being sufficient space between the .said guide-arms for the flow of .fluid through the chamber around the ring (1. The valve moves toward its seat in the direction of the flow of the fluid through the valve-chamber, and the pressure of the said fluid will usually be sufficient to seat the said valve and retain it tightly on its seat, but, in order to overcome the weight of the valve and assist in seating it,a spring,e,is interposed between the valve and the upper end of the piece 0, which forms the end of the valve-chamber when the parts are properly connected by the coupling 1). The spring 6 will preferably be so adjusted as to merely raise the valve to its seat without pressing it against the seat,as the pressure of the fluid will be sufficient to insure the tight seating of the valve.

In order to permit the fluid to escape from i the valve-ch amber the valve (1 must be pressed and held away from the seat, which is done by the valve-actuating device f, shown in'this instance as consisting of a tubehaving a working fit and longitudinally movable in the outlet-passage from the valve-chamber, and being itself actuated by a suitable operating device,

shown as consisting of a threaded spindle, 9, working in a threaded passage in the cap of, and provided with a handle, 9', by which it may be turned to depress the valve-actuating device f, or permit the latter to. be raised by the valve moving upward under the action of 9 the spring 6 and pressure of the fluid in the valve-chamber. The valveactuating device f preferably contains a passage, f, shown as having a lateral.

mouth, f and lateral inlet-openin gs f which, I

when the device is depressed to unseat the valve, projectbeyoud the valve-seat and into the valveehamber and receive the fluid pass ingaround the valve in the said chamber, so

' that thesaid. il uidis conducted through the passage f andescapes through the mouthf into the auxiliary chamber (1 which is providedwith an outletopeniug, a, which may have connected with it a discharge'pipe, i, to deliver the iluid at anydesiredpoint or in any desireddirection.

The valve-actuatingdevice fis retained with'it's 'm'outhf onthe side toward the out: let c of the chamber a bya projection, f", (311- tering a guidegroovan, in the chamber a", and the said'devicef is shown as provided with a circumferential flange, f, entering a Y guide-passa e, a, in the lower part of the chamber chin order to steady it in its longitudinal movement, a a a r r The valve isvdisconuected frol'njthe valveactuating device, and in coming to its'seat is actuated wholly by the spring a and the pressu're oi the fiuid in thevalve-chamber, so that s so if clesiredlthe cap a maybe removed at any 1 chamber is thus uncoupled the spring e and valve may be at once removed therefrom, and it will be seen that all the parts of the apparatus are readily separated and cooperate together without the necessity of close fitting or grinding, making a faucet which is very simple and inexpensive, and at the same time durable and not likely to get out of repairs, but very easy to repair if necessity should occur for doing so.

If desired, the screw-threads may be omitted from the spindle g, in which case the faucet will be operated by merely depressing the said spindle, and the valve would automatically close as soon as the pressure was removed from the spindle.

If desired to render the apparatus inoperative for drawing fluid, the cap a and valveoperating device g, which works in it, may be removed, and the top of the auxiliary chamber may then, if desired, be closed by a plug or cap such as shown in Fig. 4, which may be screwed tightly into place, preventing access to the valve-actuating device and valve.

I claim- 1. A cylindrical valve-chamber and auxiliary chamber in line therewith having a stationary outlet-passage and a partition separating the said chambers provided with a valve seat projecting from said partition into a the valve chamber, and having an opening within it connecting they said vchambers, combinedwith avalve consisting of ailexibledisk and supporting-frame therefor, having guidearms cooperating with the wallsvof the valvechambcr, and the valve-actuating device inclosed and longitudinally movable in the auxiliary chamber, working in the opening of the valve-seat, and being disconnectedirom the valvednit'engaging and unscating the same in its movement toward the valve-chamber, sub stantially as described. I I v v v v v v v v 2. The cylindricalvalve-chamber and auxil- 1 iary'chaniber made integralaud in line there with and partition separating the said cha nbers provided with a valve seatprojecting from the said partition into the valve-chamber,andhaving an opening within it connect-v chambeigzthe saiddisk being conlincdat its edges in the frame and having its surface can posed to the pressure oi'thc'fluid inthe valvcv ing the said chambers, and a coupling'nut and basepieoe connected thereby with the valvechambeniorming one end of the valvechainher, and having an inlet-passage thereto, com-v bined with the valveworking in 7 sa d vvalvechambcr and free tomovc out from the said chamber when uncoupled from the baseviece, and the valve-actuating device longitudinally movable in the auxiliary chamber and open ing in the valvmseat, substantially as de scribed.

3. A valvechamber provided with a valve-i seat and outlct-opening therethrongh, com-.

bined with a valve working in thesaid chanr 1 her between the inlet and outlet openings there of, the said valve consisting of a flexible disk and supporting-frame therefor, having guidearms cooperating with the walls ol the valvechamber, and a spring which presses it to its seat, and a valve-actuating device working in the outlet of the valve-chamber, disconnected from the valve, but engaging and unseating the same in its movement toward the valvechamber, substantially as described.

4. A valve-chamber provided with a valvescat and outlet-opening thercthrough and an auxiliary chamber beyond the said opening, provided with a discharge-passage, combined with a valve operating in the said valve-ohamher, and longitudinally-movable valve-actuating device incloscd in the said auxiliary chamber, provided with a tubular passage having a lateral orifice, and with a guide pro jection working in a groove in the auxiliary chamber, substantially as described.

5. A valve-chamber provided with a valveseat and outlet-opening therethrougli and an auxiliary chamber integral and in line with the said valve-chamber beyond the said opening, )rovided with a stationary dischargepassage, combined with a valve movable in the said valve-chamber, composed of a flexible disk and frame therefor, having guideico arms co-operating with the walls of the valve-- In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name chamber, the said disk being confined at its to this specification in the presence of two o edges in the said frame, and having its sursubscribing witnesses.

face exposed to the pressure of the fluid in 5 the valve-chamber, and a removable cap for w MESSINGER' v the said auxiliary chamber, and a valve-op- WVitnesseszerating device working therein, substantially J 0s. 1?. LIVERMORE,

as and for the purpose set forth. H. P. BATES. 

